A New Form of Beauty

A New Form of Beauty
Studio album by Virgin Prunes
Released	December 1981
Recorded	July – November 9, 1981
Genre	Post-punk, gothic rock
Length	92:10
Label	Rough Trade
Producer	Virgin Prunes
Virgin Prunes chronology
"Twenty Tens" (1981) A New Form of Beauty (1981) Heresie (1982)

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Allmusic	[1]

A New Form of Beauty is the debut studio album by Irish post-punk band Virgin Prunes. It comprises parts one through four of the A New Form of Beauty singles project, which were issued by Rough Trade Records between September and December in 1981.^[2][3] In 1993, An abridged remastered version was issued by New Rose Records that omitted part four of the series.

Track listing

All tracks written by Virgin Prunes. 

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sandpaper Lullaby"	3:05
2.	"Sleep / Fantasy Dreams"	2:45
3.	"Come to Daddy"	9:55
4.	"Sweet Home (Under White Clouds)"	7:00
5.	"Sad World"	5:36

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"'Beast' (Seven Bastard Suck)"	4:17
2.	"Abbágall ('The Slow Children')"	3:56
3.	"Brain Damage ('The Slow Children')"	3:52
4.	"No Birds to Fly ('The Slow Children')"	4:06

Side three
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Come to Daddy"	4:17
2.	"Delay Box"	3:56
3.	"Suck Me Baby"	3:52
4.	"Bodhran"	4:06
5.	"The Forest"	3:21
6.	"Theme for Thought"	3:56
7.	"The Slow Child"	3:52
8.	"Come to Daddy"	4:06

Side four
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dave-Id Performance"	4:17
2.	"Children Are Crying"	3:56
3.	"Sandpaper Lullaby"	3:52
4.	"Pig Children"	4:06

Personnel

Virgin Prunes Dave-iD Busaras – vocals Mary D'Nellon – drums Dik Evans – guitar Gavin Friday – vocals Guggi – vocals Strongman – bass guitar

Technical personnel Virgin Prunes – production

Charts

Year	Title	UK Indie [4]
1981	A New Form of Beauty 1	44
1982	A New Form of Beauty 2	47

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Italy	1981	Italian	LP	EX 41L2
France	1993	New Rose	CD, LP	451042
United Kingdom	2004	The Grey Area	CD	YEO1CD
United States	2004	Mute	CD	MUTE 9264-2

References

1. Jurek, Thom. "A New Form of Beauty, Pts. 1-4". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
2. Strong, Martin Charles (2003). The Great Indie Discography. Canongate U.S. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
3. "Virgin Prunes / Discography". virginprunes.com. 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
4. Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

External links

• A New Form of Beauty at Discogs (list of releases)